Most people think of servers as merely upgraded desktop machines – perhaps with a lot of flashing lights and an ominous presence!

But anyone who’s worked in a data center knows that they can be quite innocuous looking. Even though web servers take on the load of millions of visitors to websites every day, they are still shrouded in mystery to the average user. Here are five things you probably didn’t know about servers.

It’s not always enough to review one web hosting provider – you’ve got to review two at a time to give readers the context they so aptly desire. That’s the purpose of today’s matchup, the clash in the steel cage between HostGator and InMotion Hosting. »

Luckily, the two web hosts we’re featuring today aren’t exactly bank-breakers; but even though $5/month or so isn’t enough to make you fret about web hosting prices, you’ll always want to be on the lookout for that one hosting company that does it all right. »